Topic: Jamie Theriot
Quotes
She put us in the game early and I knew I had to keep her there to keep her happy
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup May 26, 2009
I 'm just a passenger on him and I think it would take a real good horse to beat him right now
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Aug 25, 2008
It looks like we have found a niche with him now -- he's 2-for-2 going short on the turf
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup May 05, 2008
We knew what kind of horse he was going into the race
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Jun 11, 2007
Icy Atlantic was only about a length and a half in front of me. He (jockey Ramon Dominguez) was kind of squeezing on him and it was just a matter of whether I could get out when I wanted to
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Jun 04, 2007
Jamie Theriot (born January 30, 1979 in Arnaudville, Louisiana) is an American jockey. The son of Thoroughbred horse trainer Harold Theriot, he is a nephew of jockey Larry Melancon.
Jamie Theriot, who began riding on bush tracks in his native Louisiana, turned professional at age sixteen. He has competed primarily on the Louisiana-Arkansas-Kentucky racing circuit, where he won a riding title at Evangeline Downs in 2001 and the 2003 riding title at Oaklawn Park Race Track.
In 2007, Theriot won his first Grade 1 race, capturing the Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes aboard Purim at Keeneland Rqace Course. On May 17, 2008, Theriot rode in his first American Classic, taking sixth place aboard Kentucky Bear in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. On June 18, 2008, he became the seventh rider in Churchill Downs history to ride six winners in a single day
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